Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 435 - 432: Security Upgraded

Sun Chuyao withdrew shortly after, and the mute girl Ajing came to the main hall.

Lin Wanwan motioned for her to come forward and said, "I know you have some skills, the Xiao Family trained you all very well. I will promote you to a first-class maid, and in the future, you will be responsible for the safety of the young lady. Make sure to protect her comprehensively. Do you understand?"

Ajing nodded to indicate she understood.

Lin Wanwan continued her orders: "From now on, you don’t need to worry about the other animals at home. Just take care of the Eastern hawk and lynx. If the young lady goes out, I want you to have these two fierce beasts protect her at all times. Even if she wants to play hide-and-seek, you must have the Eastern hawk or the lynx watch her."

Ajing silently saluted to show her loyalty.

Having finished giving orders, Lin Wanwan instructed Ajing to replace Yun Shang, who was following Xiao Qingyu.

As Chief of Internal Affairs, Yun Shang’s strength lies in managing maids and organizing the storeroom; having her constantly around Xiao Qingyu would be a waste of her talents.

On the other hand, if real danger were to occur, Yun Shang, who is powerless, would not be useful as a personal guard and, naturally, would be inferior to the silent mute girl Ajing.

Xiao Yixun was fond of martial arts, and none of the servants around her were without skills. Additionally, due to the Heavenly Defects and Earthly Defects, this group of people worked harder than normal people.

Except for congenital flaws, which are unavoidable, in other aspects, they can even be twice as effective.

If it weren’t for Xiao Yixun currently only having two servants left, Lin Wanwan would have wanted to ask her for another one.

While pondering this, Yun Shang came over: "Madam, were you looking for me?"

Lin Wanwan nodded: "I want to promote Ajing to a first-class maid, note it down, and starting next month, raise her food standards and monthly silver."

"Yes." Yun Shang received the order and then asked, "Madam wants Ajing to be the young lady’s personal guard, am I right?"

Lin Wanwan said: "Correct. Among the maids in our house, only Ajing has some skills."

"Alright, I understand, I’ll make arrangements later, madam can rest assured."

"Yes, also, as for the newly arrived young lady, she isn’t sold as a servant. In a few days, I will take her to Creek Town to sign an employment contract. Treat her according to the standards of a third-class maid and let her accompany Xiao Qingyu for a few years first."

"Yes." Yun Shang responded, a bit curious, "Madam, our family isn’t unable to afford servants, why sign an employment contract then? Those who aren’t from our family aren’t loyal enough. With so many treasures and secrets at home, there’s... I’m afraid of mistakes."

Lin Wanwan explained to her about Song Sulan’s status as a good citizen and then briefed her about the Tang law.

The minor children of good citizens cannot be sold as servants, this is the Great Tang’s official protection for them.

Once raised until fifteen years old, it’s up to Song Sulan’s own decision whether to continue following Xiao Qingyu or to live a civilian life by marrying and having children.

Lin Wanwan was not very concerned about having one more child at home, not minding feeding an extra mouth.

Upon hearing this Tang law, Yun Shang couldn’t help but sigh deeply, thinking of the hardships she faced growing up.

Being a Tang citizen is truly a blessing, unlike the Sillans who don’t have such luck.

However, fortunately, she encountered the best master in the world; it’s considered a turn for the better from adversity.

"That’s all for these two matters, there’s nothing else, you can go on with your work."

"Yes."

After Yun Shang left, Lin Wanwan sat cross-legged alone, contemplating issues. Given her current large family and business, the security measures are indeed lacking.

Although there are Lin Family Manor clan members protecting the periphery, it still is not enough.

Thinking about this, Lin Wanwan again envied Xiao Yixun’s servants.

But well-trained servants are really hard to buy; the servants sold by brokers on the market are incomparable to those trained by noble families from childhood.

The reason a noble family is their prominent standing, is due to their overall superior foundation compared to other families; their education strength is fundamental, as is the quality and quantity of their attendants and family servants.

Xiao Yixun’s parents currently have an attitude of letting her grow freely, previously fostering her with Lin Wanwan’s maternal relatives, now they’re fostering her with Lin Wanwan again.

Since this is the case, when Xiao Yixun was residing with her maternal relatives, she had a courtyard full of servants, unlike now being just two, which seemed rather meager.

Lin Wanwan decided that when Xiao Yixun rested well and came out, she would have Xiao Yixun write to her parents to send all her servants to Mao County; Lin Wanwan wouldn’t mind having a few more servants who knew martial arts.

After thinking this through, Lin Wanwan checked the time and decided to go back to her room for a nap.

Counting the time in both the Great Tang and the modern era, she hadn’t slept for almost twenty-four hours, her eyes were red from the strain.

It was now only around eight in the morning, her classes started at ten, so she had an hour to rest.

Returning to the room, she bolted the door, and Lin Wanwan directly traversed time and space back to her modern villa.

A single hour in the Great Tang allowed her eight hours in the present, just right for a good sleep.

And fortunately, it was night-time in the present era.

The second and third-floor attics of the small villa were newly renovated; Lin Wanwan herself had assembled the bed made entirely with mortise and tenon crafted by Great Tang craftsmen using Yellow Flower Pear Wood two days ago.

She hadn’t found time to customize the soft furnishings and furniture for other rooms, but she had completely arranged the bed and curtains in her own room.

This time, the hard decoration materials all used solid wood, so there was no worry about formaldehyde or anything. The walls were painted with imported brand-name environmental blackboard paint latex, known to be move-in ready after painting, without harmful gas emissions.

Even though it was advertised safe for immediate occupancy, Lin Wanwan let it air out for a month; now sleeping inside, she had no psychological burden at all.

Upon entering the room, Lin Wanwan kicked off her shoes, turned on the air conditioning, jumped into bed, instructed the smart speaker to set the alarm, and then fell into a deep sleep.

The workshop at Lin Family Manor experienced incidents within a day regarding a child suffocated by cotton and a trafficker taking Xiao Qingyu; thus, security matters were immediately prioritized.

The clan had already established a militia team, which had now directly become the workshop’s guard team. Not only preventing petty thieves, but also looking after the storeroom, ensuring no children sneak in and tragedies reoccur.

Every person coming to sell cotton would hear the designated Lin Family members responsible for public speaking in the guard team telling them about the child suffocated in a pile of cotton, urging them to watch their own children closely.

Beyond this, Lin Wanwan also referred to the system of guarantors for the imperial examination, formulating a simplified new rule. It required that outside parties selling cotton must have a guarantee of five households, endorsed by either the Clan Leader or Village Chief, allowing them to come together; single households would not be accepted by the workshop!

This initiative effectively curbed lurking criminals, and simultaneously, because of going in groups, it ensured the safety of those selling cotton, thus creating a win-win situation.

The task of collecting cotton lacked much technical content, so she hired professional accountants from the town, complemented with peers from Lin Family Manor who had learned some arithmetic from Lin Wanwan, and no more mistakes occurred.